Annealing tumblers



Oct. 31, 1944. c; J. LANZINGER I ANNEALING TUMBLER Filed May 19, 1942 ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 31, 1 944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,361,484 ANNEALING TUMBLans Casper J. Lanzinger, Toledo, Ohio, assignor, by

- mesne assignments, to Owens-Illinois Glass Company,- Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application May 19, 1942 Serial No. 443,552 6 Claims. (01. 49 -58) My invention relates to a method and apparatus for use in themanufacture of glassware such as tumblers and other hollow articles. In the manufacture'oi tumblers and like articles it is common practice to gather gobs or mold charges of molten-glass, attach them to blow pipes or tubular spindles, blow the charges to hollow form and complete the blowing and shaping of the articles in finishing molds while still attached to the spindles. Thereafter the blown articles are introduced into chucks and the moils or waste endsare detachedby means of annular burners.

The tumblers are then introduced into a leer and reheated for removing or reducing the strains of surface tension or strain in the article by which it is materially strengthened. I have found that with such a method a tumbler or like article is made much-stronger and much more resistantto shocks and mechanical injuries generally than whenannealed by the usual method.

A further object attained by the present method and apparatus is the elimination of the usual annealing apparatus, as a comparatively simple apparatus may be used for regulating the process of cooling the ware after the moils have been severed, and the usual reheating of the ware in a leer is also rendered unnecessary.

Other objects of the inaiter.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred form of apparatus for use in practicing my invention:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the apparatus which I includes a bum-off mechanism and reheating burners for heating the work-piece during the burn-ofl operation; a

invention will appear hereto which patent reference may be had for a full disclosure of the apparatus for severing the moil. The apparatus herein'shown may form one unit of a rotary bum-off machine such as disclosed in the said Parker patent. As shown in the accompanying drawing this unit includes a vertically disposed tubular bearing Ill through which extends a tubular spindle H mounted for up and down movement and also. for rotation within the bearing Ill. Mounted for rotation on the bearing I0 is a ring I! which carries a chain driven sprocket gear I3. The ring I2 also serves as a clutch member, being formed with clutch teeth I4;

to cooperate with,a clutch member I5 attached to the upper end of the spindle II. The spindle is adapted to be lifted and lowered by 'means of a rock arm having a bifurcated end l6 connected through links "to a collar i8 on the lowerend of the spindle. The arm [6 is periodically moved up and down for lifting the spindle to the Fig. 1 position and for lowering it to the Fig.2 position in which the clutch members are engaged, permitting the spindle to be rotated. The spindle is free ior rotation within the collar'ifl but the latter is held against movement lengthwise of the spindle. h

The work-piece 20, herein shown as a, tumbler,

' is held by a chuck 2| secured to the lower end of the spindle I I. The work-piece-is held in the chuck by means of suction applied in.a conven-.- tional manner through a vacuum line 22 including the tubular spindle II. The work-piece is centered in the chuck by means of arms 23. When a' work-piece has been placed in the chuck the spindle H is lowered thereby bringing the lower' end of the work-piece into the ring burner 24 which applies a localized annular flame of intense Fig. 2 is a part sectional v'iew of the same, the

parts being in a difierent relative position;

Fig. 3 is a section substantially at the line 3--3 on Fig. 2; and

"Fig. 4 is a fragmentary part sectional view show- 'ing the ring burner and the reheating'means,

The burn-oi! mechanism as herein shown is in the main of conventional construction and operation such as disclosed in the patent to Parker 1,757,211, May 6, 1930, Rotary burn-of! machines,

heat by which the moil 25 is severed and drops away from ,the work-piece. Fuel gas and airor'- oxygen are supplied to the burner through pipes The parts. thus f'ardescribedare largely conventional as shownfor example in the above men-; tioned Parker patent. -Inaccordance with the present invention there is provided means for heating the entire work-piece to; a sufliciently high temperature to remove the strains intro'- duced during the forming operations. Such re-, heating may take place simultaneously or con-. currently with the operationof .the burners 24, or at any time while the work-piece is supported in the chuck. The reheatingmeans includes a pair of pipes 21 mounted in a yoke 28 formed with a vertical arm .29. The arm is attached to the collar l8 by a bolt, which extends through.

an elongated slot in said arm-thereby permitting vertical adjustment of the yoke 28 and burners .21. Fuel gas is supplied to the burners 21 ter is held in the chuck and are formed on their inner faces with a multiplicity of jet openings 32 through which the jets oi. flame issue and play on the surtace oi the work-piece. The burn-- vertical movement of the spindle and burner by which the latter is positioned to surround the tumbler for burning-off said waste glass, means for rotating thespindle during said buming-ofi operation, and a stationary burner positioned for heating the tumbler as a whole to a substantially uniform high temperature while held in said chuck, said stationary burner comprising a yoke if desired after the ring burner 24 has severed the moil.

After the work-piece has been thus reheated it may be cooled comparatively quickly inthe open or in a short leer or compartment in which the temperatures maybe controlled. When the articles are introduced into such leer or the like, the may be subjected to a. temperature above that, of the atmosphere and men to progressively lower temperatures, Ithasjbeen found unnecessary however to further "reheat the ware after the above'described heating operations by the burners 21 and 83. The article may be cooled comparatively quickly, produclnga certain surface tension on the ware by which the articles are partly surrounding the chuck, a pair of pipes extending downward from the yoke on opposite sides of the tumbler, each said pipe being provided with a multiplicity of closely spaced jet openings aranged along the pipe in position to direct jets of flame inwardly against the surface of the tumbler throughout the length of the tumbler.

4. 'flie combination of a. spindle, achuck carried thereby for gripping a hollow glass article,

means for rotating the spindle and thereby rotatmg the article, an annular bumer, means for "positioning the burner to surround the article while the latter is being rotated, means for reheating the entire article comprising burner pipes greatly strengthened and made more resistant to shocks as compared with ware annealed in the.

usual manner.

Modifications may be resorted to within the sp 'fi and 5001580! y invention.

I claim:

1. The combination or a chuck for holding the bottom end of a glass tumbler, an annular burner comprising means for applying an annular flame to the tumbler adjacent the opposite end thereof for burning-off a waste portion of the glass, and means for reheating the tumbler as a whole during said burning-oi! operation, said reheating means comprising a pipe in position to extend along the side of the tumbler while the latter is held on the chuck, said pipe having a, multiplicity of Jet openings distributed therealong in position to direct jets of flame against the side walls of the tumbler throughout its length from the chuck to the said annular burner.

2. The combination of a'rotary spindle, a chuck carried by said spindle for holding a tumbler or like artlcle,' anannular burner for burning ofi a moil from the said article, means for rotating positioned to extend along the outer surfaces of the article while the latter is being rotated and each having a multiplicity of jet openings arranged along the pipe in position to direct jets of flame against the said surface throughout the length of the article from the chuck to the annular burner, and means for applying a reheating name within the article while supported in the chuck.

5. The combination of a vertical tubular spindle, a chuck carried on the lower end of the spindle, means for applying suction through the spindle to the chuck and thereby holding an inverted tumbler in the chuck, a ring burner, beneath the chuck, means for lowering and lifting the spindle to and from a position in which-the burner surrounds the mouth end of an inverted tumbler held in the chuck, and a reheating burner mounttlie spindle and the attached article during of Jet openings distributed therea'long in position to direct jetsjot flame against the side walls of the tumbierand thereby applying a substantially contlnuousilame to the tumbler .from the chuck to the said annular burner, V

3. The combination of a vertical spindle, a chuck on the lower end of the spindle'for holding the bottom end 01 aninverted tumbler, the opposite cnd'oi which hasa waste portion of glass integral an annular burner arranged concentrically with the spindle and positioned below said chuck, means for effecting a relative ed for up and down movement with the spindle and comprising a pipe in position to extend along the side of the. tumbler and having jet openings positioned to apply a heating flame to the side wall surface of the tumbler tln'oughout the length of the tumbler while the latter is held in the chuck and thereby reheating thetumbler during its rotation with the spindle.

6. The combin'ation'of .a vertical tubular spindie, a chuck carried on the lower end of the spindle, means for applying suction through the spindle to the chuck and thereby holding an inverted tumbler in the chuck,.a ring burner beneath the chuck, means for lowering and lifting .the spindle to and from a position in which the burner surrounds the mouth end of an inverted tumbler held in the chuck, a reheating burner mounted for up and down movement with the spindle and comprising a pipe in position to extend along the side of the tumbler and having jet openings positioned to apply a heating flame to vthe side wall surfaced! the tumbler throughout the length of the tumbler while the latter is held in the chuck and thereby reheating the tumbler duringits rotation with the spindle, and a burner positioned beneath said ring burner and arranged to project a heating flame into the inverted tumbler.

CASPER J. LANZH GER. 

